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Recent DVD Productions

Airbrush Action Painting Motorcycle Helmets

Airbrush Action magazine tasked Carpel to repurpose their dynamic “how-to” video program ‘Airbushing Motorcycle Tanks.’

The publisher was so happy with the results, he commissioned Carpel to produce two more DVDs from other AA titles: “Painting Motorcycle Helmets” and “Airbrushing Bowling Pins!”l

DVD program design is a collaborative process and Carpel worked hand-in-glove with Airbrush Action to breakdown subject areas, concept and compose graphic elements from video frames, and rework art and titles through email approvals. The program was mastered from DVC Pro.

PBS Television Premium Richard Rodgers Some Enchanted Evening

Carpel created the user interface and graphic art elements for this Richard Rodgers Centenary (100 Year) Celebration that will be used by several PBS television stations for a high-end pledge-drive premium!

All graphic arts elements were approved via email, and Carpel received high marks for Dolby digital sound in this live theatrical performance from our client!

George Washington University The Kalb Report

This 7 part series required 4 DVDs, and featured such broadcast journalist luminaries as Marvin Kalb, Dan Rather, Ted Koppel, and Daniel Rumsfeld.

The cover art design and execution for this program was almost as much a challenge as the DVD authoring itself! Carpel was able to provide a simple “reportial” style and keep the program series under budget! This program was mastered from Beta SP.

PBS Television The Celtic Tenors

A Detroit PBS affiliate contracted Carpel to produce a high-end premium for their most generous pledge break donors. The program was aired in mid September, and the big challenge of this DVD production was breaking out” some of the bonus material in the edit to create a natural separation of live stage elements with pre-recorded studio sessions.

The live event contained many split edits at desirable chapter points, and Carpel was able to finess some of the orchestral music “vamps” which preceded the performer’s first visual appearance through some pre-burn editing. This program was mastered from Beta SP.

Ft. Joseph Edwards Museum The Fort Edwards Story

The Fort Joseph Edwards museum asked Carpel to create A DVD from their “story of” video that would have two Distinct playback modes: one, that would play upon the user Pushing the “play” button; and another mode that would allow the program to “loop” constantly throughout the day in an automatic playback way. Carpel sugggested a built-in intermission that would allow the docents to gather a tour Group or visiting class together prior to the next program “matinee” –the client was grateful for the 2-minute on-screen intermission countdown, and thanked us for the input!

This program was actually mastered from VHS, Due to budgetary restrictions, but because the program was only 7 minutes in length, Carpel was able to use a fairly low compression rate to preserve video quality.